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38150 YEARS& PC H OBSERVER Monday, February 7, 1994 • Vol. XXVI No. 84 NOTRE DAME-IN THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY’S Women’s Week to open with actress’ solo show By BERNADETTE PAMPUCH challenge of doing (a) solo per News Writer formance. I knew colleges and organizations did this sort of Boston-based actress Robin thing if it was educational and Lane brings six of America's interesting.” first ladies to the stage tonight at 8 p.m. in Dalloway’s Cof The contrast in the roles, feehouse with her production of ranging from the nearly ob “Ladies First” as part of a cele scure Julia Tyler to the ever- bration of Women’s Week. popular Jackie Kennedy comes both from Lane’s desire to uti lize her artistic talents and to compare the differences in the wives of America’s presidents. “It occurred to me (that) it would be interesting to see how different First Ladies per formed in the same role,” she said. As part of a series of events scheduled throughout the Many of the six pieces are week. Lane offers an intimate taken from actual accounts of visit with such notable women the women during and shortly as Rachel Jackson, Eleanor after the time they spent in the Roosevelt, Julia Tyler, Mary White House. Todd Lincoln, Abigail Adams Lane’s interpretation of and Jackie Kennedy. Jackie Kennedy is based on an “I chose these women mostly interview following the for (the) theatrical as well as assassination of her husband historical contrasts,” Lane said. John F. Kennedy. The Observer/Jake Peters “I have worked as an actress in Other Women’s Week ac ‘Shower the People’ Boston for quite a few years tivities include: Morrissey rector Joe Ross, C.S.C. brings the house down with his cover of James Taylor’s hit song during and had been interested in the see W EEK / page 4 Morrissey Unplugged on Saturday night. Father Ross and fellow Manorites played before a full house. New course, Catholic women’s education enables success film begin By LYNN BAUWENS Gorno shared her father’s sex institutions are twice as States Air Force flight training Assistant Saint Mary’s Editor “Henry Ford philosophy” for likely to enter medical school school. She went to “Top Gun selecting colleges — “You can and pursue doctorate degrees School” in Alabama to fulfill The Catholic women’s college go to any college that you want, as their counterparts at coedu her dream of experiencing air on disorders experience encourages women just so it is a Catholic women’s cational institutions and that combat in a fighter aircraft. to succeed in all areas of life, college.” the percentage of women After surviving winter in By MYRNA MALONEY according to Mary Lou Gorno, At that time, the social revo majoring in math, chemistry South Bend, SYR’s and senior News Writer Saint Mary’s Class of 1972 and lution declared single-sex edu and biology at women’s col comprehensives at Saint keynote speaker for the Play of cation to be outdated. Enroll leges is three times the national Mary’s, she felt confident flying “Food Fright,” a film on the Mind conference held this ment was down and many average. at 230 mph in a F-16 fighter women and eating disorders, past weekend. women’s colleges were closing “Women achievers are more aircraft even though she was will preview tonight from 6:30 Introducing herself as college their doors or merging with likely to come from women’s the only woman in the class. p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Haggar trustee, advertising executive, brother schools. colleges, it is that sim ple,” “I have a diploma to prove College Center Game Room. world traveler and pilot-in- “Although our survival has Gorno said. “They are charged that this was not a dream. I am The film will also be shown training, Gorno said, “The real not been easy, today women’s to succeed in multiple roles a graduate of Top Gun School in the future throughout Saint ity behind this resume is simply colleges are thriving in the they will select during their life and Saint Mary’s College,” she Mary's departments and resi th is — I am a product of a m arketplace,” Gorno said. tim e.” said. dence hall section meetings, Catholic women’s college. This “Familiar to all of us, but unfor As the Vice President of Leo according to Nancy Mascotte, is what it looks like.” tunately not to the world, is the Gorno has selected many Burnett Company, Inc. in assistant director of the Coun She discussed how her expe extensive research conducted roles in her own lifetime. After Chicago, she works with the seling and Career Development riences at Saint Mary’s taught over the last decade that docu graduating from Saint Mary’s world’s largest clients including Center. her to pursue a path committed ments the strong link between with a bachelor's degree in McDonald’s, Nintendo, Sony Written and staged by to a rich, intellectual life. women’s colleges and success business administration and and Reebok. She recently spent women who have fought per “(It was) an education that rates of their graduates.” economics, she earned her time in Los Angeles working on sonal battles with anorexia and would offer me and other m asters in journalism from an upcoming commercial for bulimia, the film is factual, women the opportunity to be Gorno spoke of a recent front Northwestern University and Reebok featuring U.S. figure anecdotal and sociological, come leaders in society, in the page article in The New York continued at the University of skater Nancy Kerrigan. according to a posted review. workplace, in the community Times that announced the Chicago to earn her M B A. in While pleased with the resur “The film is being shown in and in the Church,” she said. resurgence of women’s col finance and accounting. gence of interest in colleges conjunction with a new course When discussing her reasons leges. She cited statistics which Gorno also spoke fondly of such as Saint Mary’s, Gorno being offered this semester for attending Saint Mary’s, show that women from single- her graduation from the United about women and eating disor see SPEAKER / page 4 ders,” said Dr. Joyce Block, a lecturer in the psychology de partm ent. Quilts provide access to public realm “The course focuses on four By ELIZABETH REGAN The quilters used special de sponsored quilting bees, ac main aspects of eating prob signs such as the “underground cording to Hedges. NOTRE DAME lems. First, we looked at the Saint Mary’s News Editor railroad ” and the mere inscrip “Taken by the anti-slavery conflict in a psychological con The strong female networks tion of names and slogans in movement, women extended text in terms of a woman’s in ELECTIONS created through quilting be the squares themselves to rein their religious commitment into dividual personality and family. came major vehicles for women force their messages, Hedges a new area,” she said. “Second, we are studying Elections for student body of the 19th century to move into said. fasting in a historical manner. the public and political realm, “Initially, sewing was the The women held craft fairs to dent are today. Students We will also spend time observ according to author and quilter woman’s way to raise money raise money for the cause. They can vote in the lobby of ing the sociological side of eat Elaine Hedges. for good causes,” Hedges said. sold their most elegant and dorms from 11:00 a.m. to ing problems which include the “However, the massively orga expensive work at these fairs in 1:00 p.m. and from 5:00 media and other large-scale Not only did quilts symbolize nized movements requiring ex order to collect money from p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Off-cam p ressu res. personal rites of passage for tensive and essential relief those upper class citizens that pus students can vote in “Finally, we will move away women of the 19th century, but work helped them develop might not otherwise give dona LaFortune during the same from this surface of the media they also proved to be effective skills that they used in further tions, according to Hedges. time period. Seniors are and will study the more compli tools in the anti-slavery move movements.” “These women gave over $25 eligible voters. A runoff will cated struggles that a woman ment, Civil War relief, temper The women first congregated million for war relief,” Hedges take place on February 9 faces just by being a woman in ance and suffrage movements, at sewing societies at their if she said. churches as well as privately see DISORDERS / page 4 see QUILTS / page 6 page 2 The Observer • INSIDE Monday, February 7, 1994 INSIDE COLUMN WORLD AT A GLANCE Alternative Horrors against civilians continue to escalate in the former Yugoslavia Shelling in Sarajevo Shells hit Sarajevo's main downtown marketplace Saturday, killing at least The Worst Attacks on Civilians in Sarajevo musics 66 people and wounding more than 200. It is estimated that about 200,000 people have been killed in the CROATIA war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. identity crisis X L Previous attacks on civilians during 22 months of war in Sarajevo, BOSNIA- almost exclusively attributed to the Bosnian Serbs who surround A funny thing happened- ' HERZEGOVINA SERBIA to alternative music on the the city: way to Casey’s Top Forty; it ' , Sarajevo O ceased to be “alternative,” X May 27,1992 - A mortar attack on a bread line kills more than 16.

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